Section 2-20-2. Appointment of members to the Southern Dairy Compact Commission; terms of members; appropriation of funds

   (a) The delegation from the State of Georgia to the Southern Dairy Compact Commission, as established in Article III of the compact, shall be composed of five members appointed as follows:

   (1) One member representing consumers of milk shall be appointed by the Governor;

   (2) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

   (3) One member representing the school food service profession shall be appointed by the President of the Senate; and

   (4) Two members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, one of whom shall be a dairy farmer engaged in the production of milk and one of whom shall be a milk handler actively engaged in the processing of fluid milk at the time of appointment or reappointment.

(b) Members must be registered to vote in the state.

(c) Members shall serve a term of four years and may be reappointed, but no member shall serve more than three consecutive terms. Members shall serve until their successors are duly appointed. Any appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for the balance of the unexpired term and shall be made by the appropriate appointing authority. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall designate one member of the delegation to serve as chairperson, at the pleasure of the Commissioner.

(d) A majority of the delegation shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(e) All clerical and other services required by the delegation shall be provided by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

(f) The delegation is assigned to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only.

(g) The funds necessary to carry out this chapter and the Southern Dairy Compact shall be paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the Department of Agriculture for such purpose.

Code 1981, § 2-20-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1249, § 1.